Tear Gas & Tall Razor Wire

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Lotta bad stuff happening, and a lotta people needing safety and refuge. Lotta folks travelin a lotta miles in hopes of a better life for them and theirs.
Whole helluvalotta bullshit waiting for them at the border.
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oh say can you see
old glory a-wavin
through tear gas and tall razor wire
that red white and blue won't mean nothin to you
if refuge is all you desire

you come on your bare feet
you come thousands of miles
come flee from your murderous homeland
we're here for you all beyond big border walls
take your freedom into your own hands

you give us your tired
and your poor huddled masses
we'll sort em out and put em all in cages
we all know your type when our fruit is near ripe
you'll do the work for unlivable wages

your children we'll keep
they'll be safe from your harm
don't worry we've got fourteen thousand
and once they've grown up we'll have just enough
to work every inch of our farm land

oh say can you see
old glory a-wavin
through tear gas and tall razor wire
that red white and blue won't mean nothin to you
if refuge is all you desire
that red white and blue won't mean nothin to you
if asylum is all you desire
that red white and blue won't mean nothin to you
if your freedom is all you desire

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from FreeDumb Songs, released March 12, 2019

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Jordan Smart Ludlow, Kentucky

”greatest discovery of Folk Alliance 2020” - Saving Country Music

"a gut punch of simple honesty" - Glide Magazine

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